Saturday, August 26, 2017

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKAugust


Dance Hall Crashers, "State of Mind" from The Old Record (1989-1992) (The Last Angry Rude Boy)

Skammentary: Man alive, I can't believe I almost let SKAugust slip by without spotlighting the Dance Hall Crashers! Normally, this space would feature of an explanation of how D.H.C. are a ska band even though their music rarely features horns, but in this case that is unnecessary. "State of Mind" features both a syncopated rhythm (which we innocently & affectionately referred to as "ska guitar" for years & years after the Summer of Ska, before we learned better) & fully integrated horns.

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